When I was around 17, Hagar The Horrible Comic had a joke that said something like,"Bad news. Social Security has ended. Good news. You all can work until you're 90!" The People in the Comic looked understandably troubled. My high school Teacher asked if anyone found this joke funny. We all were like,"No!" The Teacher was like,"Good. I didn't find this joke funny either." I found the joke of having to work until you're 90 horrifying. And.... In recent years, this joke has sadly come true. On the news, there was a report of an 80 year old man having to work at Door Dash! I am horrified! In another News Report, a 72 year old woman working at Domino's fell while delivering groceries! This is horrifying! :eek:

I remember a joke going around when Covid was still heavily in effect saying something like,"Pretty soon, we won't be able to eat in a restaurant or go to a movie theater if we aren't vaccinated. " The joke did come true very soon with many Restaurants not allowing unvaccinated People to visit! :eek:

When Contagion Movie , a Movie about a really bad global pandemic from China came out in 2011, many people joked that eventually we'd be getting a really bad global pandemic like the one in Contagion. 9 years later, Coronavirus/Covid-19 , a really bad global pandemic like the one in Contagion broke out in China like in Contagion Movie. :eek:

When I was young and dumb, people used to joke that I had all the earmarks of one day becoming a "woman hater". And I found these accusations disturbing and hurtful, because I thought they were projecting that I would become homosexual.

Older now, and knowing that never happened, I realize now what they were saying was that I would be intolerant of the kind of mind games women insist upon playing to test the strength of your love. Essentially playing your attraction to them as a weakness to be exploited.

And they were right. I learned well the threat of "if I don't get my way, then I'm leaving" was simply an invitation to help them start packing their bags. Life got better after I got over that hump.

I remember watching a story about a 90-year-old man that had to return to work. I think he was a stocker at a grocery store. Why did he have to return to work?

Two words: Bernie Madoff.

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